Indiana authorities are desperately searching for a 4-year-old boy who was swept away in a flooded creek after heavy rains hit the region. Catastrophic storms tore through the central US this week, unleashing flooding and tornadoes, and devastating... >>>

Two men died early Friday when a driver tried to jump a car over an opening created by a pontoon swing bridge in southwestern Louisiana, state police said on Facebook. require(["medianetNativeAdOnArticle"], function (medianetNativeAdOnArticle) {... >>>

The bodies of a man and a woman were discovered Friday in a submerged vehicle near the Mississippi River in Missouri, bringing the death toll to nine from storms that have ravaged the central U.S. this week and threaten major flooding through the... >>>

San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott apologized Friday for a raid on a journalist's home, saying it was likely not legal while calling for an independent investigation.Officers "should have done a better job," Scott told the San Fransisco Chronicle >>>

Four recipients of America’s highest award for combat valor find it is both a gift and a constant reminder of what is often the worst day of their lives. And it is a summons to lifetime of service from those who did something so courageous as young men—so at odds with their own chances of […]

Accusations of racism at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts have prompted a larger conversation about how elite cultural institutions can be uncomfortable spaces for people of color. “The most important data is the fact that we had children leave this museum and adults feeling disrespected […]

Officials at the Forest Service informed staffers on Friday that at least nine of the agency’s 25 Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers would be closing. The conservation centers, which are run by federal employees, help train youth in wildland firefighting, forestry, disaster recovery […]

Floodwaters from the Missouri River have topped a levee at Jefferson City and shut down some streets around the state Capitol as residents continue cleaning up from a powerful tornado. The flooding Friday had been forecast following heavy rain throughout the Midwest earlier in the week. […]

In June 1970, in the thick of the Vietnam War, anti-war demonstrators upset over the invasion of Cambodia took over a U.S. Navy building in Evanston, Ill. and beat 20-year-old Ensign Gary Zambito into […]

It's unclear whether doctors will go along with the wish from parents of West Point Cadet Peter Zhu, even one granted by a court. March: Family approved to extract sperm from West Point cadet Parents, but no partner: A slippery ethical slope For medical ethicists who study the issue, […]